Gantt

A Gantt chart is a visual project management tool that helps plan, schedule, and track tasks over time. It displays tasks as horizontal bars along a timeline. The chart shows start and end dates, task dependencies, and milestones.

Gantt charts are commonly used to manage project timelines, allocate resources, and ensure that projects stay on track by visually representing the sequence and timing of tasks.

1. Adding a new task to the Gantt chart

After creating a new Routemap board using the Gantt chart, you can start by adding a new task.

At this step, you can name this task, assign a member responsible for it, decide its duration, and select a color.

After adding your first task, you can click the edit button to adjust it further. You can also quickly add more new tasks, add a new subtask below, or delete it.

2. Task Dependencies

In Routemap’s Gantt chart for Confluence, you can create dependencies between tasks in your project.

All you need to do is hover your cursor over a task, locate the small dot at either end of the task bar, then drag it to the task that you want to make the dependency.

Currently, Routemap’s Gantt chart supports the following types of dependencies:

• Start-to-Start

• Start-to-Finish

• Finish-to-Start

• Finish-to-Finish

You can also delete these dependencies by left-clicking on the link and choose Unlink.

3. Milestones in the Gantt chart

In Routemap’s Gantt for Confluence, you can add or convert a task to a milestone to notify other members about an important date or event in your project timeline.

You can use the Create button to add a detailed milestone.

Or, you can quickly add a default milestone from the Edit button.

You can also convert an existing task in the Routemap’s Gantt into a milestone (or convert a milestone back to a task accordingly).